TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Automation of Central Excise and Service Tax (ACES) - Implementation of in Delhi Service Tax Commissionerate
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....s at improving tax-payer services, transparency, accountability and efficiency in the indirect tax administration. ACES is being rolled-out in phases from 30.09.2009 in Delhi Service Tax Commissionerate. ACES aims at automating all major processes in Central Excise and Service Tax through a workflow-based application. It will replace the current applications of SERMON, SACER, SAPS, STREMS, used in Central Excise and Service Tax for capturing returns and registration details of the assessees. Using the ACES application, the users will be able to take registration online, electronically file statutory returns, claims, intimations and permissions, refunds and requests for provisional assessment, view and track the status of their documen....
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....ts the form "Registration with ACES", by furnishing a self-chosen user ID and e-mail ID. User ID, once chosen is final and cannot be changed by the assessee in future. (v) The system will check for availability of the chosen User ID and then generate a password and send it by e-mail, mentioned by him/her in the Form. (vi) ACES provides assistance of 'Know your location code' for choosing correct jurisdictional office. (vii) The user then re-logs-in and proceeds with the statutory registration with Service Tax, by filling-in Form ST-1 by clicking the "Reg" link in the Menu bar that appears on the top of the screen. For security reasons, the password sho....
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....rated alphanumeric serial number (b) Existing Assessee (i) The existing assessees will not have to take fresh registrations. They will have to only register with the ACES application. This can be done in the following manner : - ACES application will automatically send mails to the e-mail IDs of the assessee, as available in the existing registration data base, indicating a TPIN number, and password. The mail will contain a hyperlink to the website. - Assessee clicks on the hyperlink and is taken to ACES application - Assessee submits the form after filling the requisite information including the password provided in the e-mail, a new User ID and new p....
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....mmissionerate, on behalf of the non-assessee. (d) Large Tax Payer Unit (LTU) Assessee/Client (i) The consent form will have to be submitted manually by the New LTU assessees to the jurisdictional LTU office which will be processed off line (ii) The approved consent form will be uploaded by the competent officer of the Group LTU (GLTU) into ACES (iii) Any new unit of an existing LTU, which applies for registration with ACES will be automatically attached with the LTU Commissionerate based upon PAN details in the registration form (iv) As soon as the new or existing unit is attached with the LTU Commissionerate, a suitable intimation will be automatically sent by the ACES to the existing jurisdictional Commissionerate and the p....
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....ctivity such as e-filing/ amending/Revise return as the case may be and uploads the return. (v) Returns uploaded through this procedure are validated by the ACES before acceptance into the system which may take up to one business day. Assessee can track the status of the return by selecting the appropriate option in the RET sub menu. The status will appear as "uploaded" meaning under process by ACES, "Filed" meaning successfully accepted by the system or "Rejected" meaning the ACES has rejected the return due to validation error. The rejected returns can be resubmitted after corrections. (vi) Returns can also be prepared and filed on line by selecting the 'File Return' option under RET module after logging into the ACES. (vii) All ....